By Tim Dees Many law enforcement agencies, especially smaller ones with lower arrest volumes, continue to produce and retain tenprint cards in file cabinets. Many of these cards are eventually scanned ...

Associated PressBOSTON — Police said a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to hide his identity by cutting off his fingertips. State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that Francis ...

Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — During what police say was a 20-year killing spree in Milwaukee, Walter Ellis left his DNA behind all along the way - everywhere but the one place where it might have ...

By Jim Spellman CNN.comDENVER, Colo. — Using DNA to catch criminals has become common, but police in Denver, Colorado, this year demonstrated how the practice can be taken to a new level: They tracked ...

By Dariush Shafa Messenger-InquirerOWENSBORO, Ky. — The image of a law enforcement officer with a brush-and-dust kit searching for fingerprints might seem like an anachronism in the age of computers ...

Researchers are going beyond traditional forensics to try and predict the physical appearance of an unidentified person whose DNA is found at a crime scene. When DNA is taken from a crime scene, the DNA ...

Detroit Free PressDETROIT — Police in southeast Michigan soon will be the first in the state to have portable fingerprint scanners to identify suspects, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard announced ...

By Melissa Gray CNN.comRelated Articles: British police to get handheld fingerprinting devices Fingerprints to yield more telltale clues All About Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System ...

Courtesy of http://www.fbi.gov/ What is it?The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, more commonly known as IAFIS, is a national fingerprint and criminal history system maintained by ...

The Associated PressBOULDER, Colo. — Police have once again taken over the investigation into the unsolved slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, saying they will apply new technology and expertise to the 12-year-old ...